Is Windows 7 Better Than Apple Mac OS X?

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Really Windows 7 is better than Apple's Mac Book i didn't undersood why they are calling it "MacBook"

Aditya Jha of IN 7:33AM August 05, 2011

macs suck dick win 7 ftw!

gvgv gvgv of KS 12:23AM February 22, 2011

Apple is to eAsy for people as me. Its so easy and it have no thinks as diffrent mouse pointers themes And That cient. Windows have better games and is very usefull to my. You have Some cheats and it is two times lower buy price

Frans of 6:21PM March 28, 2010

Pros:
•The largest library of programs and applications.
•Some commercial games work only with Windows and DirectX.
•Almost all hardware has drivers which are compatible with Windows.
•Most widely used.
Cons:
•Prone to viruses, spyware, and adware if proper steps not taken such as installation of internet security software, which reduces performance speed.
•Requires regular maintenance to avoid system errors and reduced performance.
•Even with maintenance, issues can slowly accumulate requiring a re-installation of Windows to restore performance and fix software issues.
•Purchasing a Windows license/install disk can be relatively expensive
Mac OS X
Pros:
•Relatively simple and intuitive interface with many advanced features.
•Not virus or malware prone, generally: there are no Mac OS X viruses in the wild, and with its UNIX base, it is fairly resilient. There are a small number of trojans (malicious software) which have been known to take effect through applications running in Mac OS X, though they are almost always found on illegal-content-based websites and are not of significant concern. Apple has begun integrating malware blacklists into Mac OS X to prevent infection.
•Second-largest selection of software, with many high-quality Mac-only programs in existence, such as those found in iLife. Although at one point software for certain tasks were not Mac-compatible, all software is now either Mac-compatible or has an equivalent that is. Most advanced games have also recently became compatible with Mac OS X.
•Reliable and high performance.
Cons:
•Limited to Apple-manufactured hardware.
•Some hardware does not have Mac-compatible drivers, though the number of this hardware has recently become small and negligible.
•In some cases, it may be difficult to do cross-platform network hardware sharing for a Mac OS X based computer in a Windows network or visa-versa. For example, a printer's Mac driver may not support cross-platform printing to a Windows-connected printer, and replacement drivers may or may not exist.
•Smaller library of applications in comparison to Windows.

danny of KY 7:33PM March 17, 2010

GOOD WORK MAC HATERS

SMILEY of MS 1:57AM March 15, 2010

Mac is to trickey to use, it has crap games that cost to much and you cannot take work home from school and you cannot do too many things at once. and to end it mac sucks.
Windows Rule!!!!

Dedan of WA 1:55AM March 15, 2010

After several months working on Snow Leopard, from 10.6 to 10.6.2. I conclude that Windows 7 is way better than Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
On my Macbook Pro (4,1), 4G RAM. Snow Leopard is slower for multitasking works, you feel much lag when CPU usage is more than 100% (Note: on Mac OS X with two cores, max cpu usage is 200%), or when disk I/O operation is more than 200 times per sec. In this case, you feel many lags when swithing applications, or even when switching tabs in Safari or scrolling pages in Safari.
If I use Windows 7 with Bootcamp on the same machine, I do not have this issue. All things are fine.
I think OS X is not as good as Windows for multitasking works.
PS: I install Snow Leopard cleanly, and it occupies the first partition on the disk, so it should have the best disk performance than Windows 7 on Bootcamp, but it didn't.

szcoder 5:21AM February 09, 2010

I love comupters and I like the Mac, but it's too pricy and windows are cheaper than Macs and I tried to find to find referbished Macs please tell me which online store or student discount for Macs?

Ronnie Alvarez of TX 10:40AM February 01, 2010

windows 7 is the best so far

antiktech of MT 9:50AM December 23, 2009

I don't know Mac OS X - I've always been, and always will be, put off by Apple's prohibitively expensive hardware. Well, not so much prohibitively in my own case, as I could easily afford to buy a high end Mac Pro...but I simply refuse to pay that kind of money when I can get a PC to rival it for £1000 or even less. As for Windows 7, I've been using it for over a month now and all I can say is that I love it. It's just so damn fluid...if you know what I mean. It just runs so nicely and has a lot of great features. A lot of people say it copies OS X, well if so I don't care. From what I hear, Mac OS X is very good....so if Microsoft can bring that functionality to lots of people, for a *fair* price, with fairly priced hardware (which the PC standard is), then that can only be considered a good thing. Mac snobs need to realise that....but they actually want to be part of an exclusive group, and that is another reason I won't buy Mac - I've met too many horrible, cleeky and snobby Mac types.

Matthew 12:20PM December 06, 2009